Resumo de Aftermath Of Dreaming

Michel's debut novel openswith a scream, literally: Yvette Broussard, a talented L.A.-based jewelrydesigner on the cusp of 30, has been waking up in the middle of the nightscreaming at the top of her lungs, for no reason she can discern. When she runsinto her former lover, movie star Andrew Madden, at a performance by a mutualacquaintance, all of Yvette's buried issues are brought to the surface. Shenever quite fell out of love with Andrew, a man almost three decades older thanher whom she met while working at a restaurant in New York when she was only18. Their passionate affair carried on for several years, while Andrewcontinued to date his costars and Yvette kept hoping he would eventually settledown with her. Yvette's sighting of Andrew brings him to the forefront of hermind and eventually back into her life, forcing her to confront issues she'slong avoided and make sense of her unremitting attraction to him. Michel'scrisp writing and keen observations make her a writer to watch. Kristine Huntley Yvette's sighting of Andrew brings him tothe forefront of her mind and eventually back into her life, forcing her toconfront issues she's long avoided and make sense of her unremitting attractionto him. Her jewelry design career is taking off, she's backwith her sort-of boyfriend, and best of all, she no longer thinks about heronce-in-a-lifetime love, international movie star Andrew Madden. Swept up by memories of her estranged father, and juggling thedemands of her bride-to-be sister and her male best friend who is jealous ofother men, Yvette is plunged into an obsession with Andrew which ultimatelyforces her to confront the past she thought she had left behind. Everythingis going great, until she sees her ex: the man she thought she couldn't breathewithout, Andrew Madden. Other than the little problem that she is waking upscreaming in the middle of the night, life is wonderful for Yvette Broussard. Atthe same time, she is juggling the demands of her bride-to-be sister and hermale best friend, who is jealous of other men, and thoughts of her estrangedfather. Set against the glitteringworlds of Los Angeles and New York, and told with both humor and pathos, Aftermathof Dreaming explores the universal themes of abandonment, forgiveness, andletting go. At the same time, she is juggling the demands of her bride-to-besister and her male best friend, who is jealous of other men, and thoughts ofher estranged father.Life is going great for 29year old Yvette Broussard in present day LA. Her jewelry design business isbecoming very successful and she's back with her on-again-off-again boyfriend,Michael (but this time it's different). Everything is going great, until she seesher ex: the man she thought she couldn't breathe without, Andrew Madden. Aworld famous movie star, Yvette has not laid eyes on Andrew in over four years.And now here he is. Withhis wife. Yvette thought she was overAndrew, but their chance encounter opens up a floodgate of memories of therelationship that they had for many years. One that started out in New YorkCity as platonic when she arrived there from the Gulf Coast at 18, and became aromance in Los Angeles a few years later. Yvette's life is complicated enough.She's pulled in a million different directions by her best friend, Reggie, whois jealous of other men, her sister, Suzanne, whose wedding she's in, and herestranged father who now wants a relationship. Still, she knows that she must finallyconfront the past she had with Andrew, as well as the present, so she can moveforward, happily, without him.

Resumos Relacionados